How many gifts do you get your kids for Christmas?
BAH-HUMBUG to those that only get their child 1 gift! That's terrible. We do go overboard for christmas, its what I am accustomed to growing up. My suggestion is consider a budget. Consider the number of packages per child and make them even. Also I consider what the stack looks like. Some inexpensive things are large in size, so I try to make the size of the packages look similar as well. I wouldn't give my 7 year old a nintendo ds, and a couple videos, action figures and then give his brother a bike, piano, wagon, tool bench, play kitchen etc.
When do you stop giving Christmas presents to nieces and nephews?
They are 25, 28 and 30. One is newly married. I never get a thank you-not even for the wedding gift. I had to call to see if she received it! My brother-in-law is very wealthy (we aren't). The gifts we have received (purchased I'm sure by his wife) are nothing short of pathetic and useless. The other issue is that my brother-in-law is paying half of my daughter's college bills. She doesn't know because he doesn't want other family members asking for money too (we didn't ask, he offered). Does this change things?
Does my 14yr old deserve a christmas gift?
who is your family? grandparents? first of all i'd set my foot down w/"the family" and tell them that you will not reward bad behavior w/a gift galore. he's screwed up and needs to know you are serious. if you give in to what you think is right, he will see it as a kink in your resolve. i'd make darn sure that "family" kept their dang mouths shut and stayed out of it too. he's your kid, tough love is never easy or fun. I'm going though something similar w/my 14 y/o son (though not as severe- he has cut 2 classes recently and called a teacher a really nasty name to his face and has lied to my face. he does the same thing- just sits there and stares at me when i try to explain things to him as if he really couldn't care less.)...i'm doing the same thing, he gets no xmas. sucks, but i wont cater to his crappy attitude or behavior. [edit] no wonder our society has so many self important, spoiled brats in it! no one can put their foot down anymore! half of these answers are just insane. WHY should a child that has NO regard for behavior or respect be given a 'freebee' just because there is a freaking national holiday. it's not about "earning" gifts, its about being able to be included in FUN activities w/the family. if a child misbehaves before going to get ice cream, a parent usually (one would hope) say - sorry, no ice cream for you till you lose the bad attitude- same freaking difference. not everyone celebrates xmas as a "religious event".
Punishment for ten year old for peeking at christmas presents?
my son is ten years old and he got into my closet and went through everyone's christmas presents that were in bags and boxes. he told our daughter what she was getting for christmas as well. now christmas is no fun and i dont even feel like wrapping the presents. my husband thinks he should be punished. what's a proper punishment?
Disappointed on christmas :(?
The reason I read this post is because I too am disappointed with my Christmas gifts and yes its actually painful and confusing because we are told to be grateful and that" Christmas is not really about presents." So if we dare to feel disappointed we think we are "spoiled and ungrateful". I personally think your distress is about the fact that your parents/mum were teasing you and "promising " you a phone by their actions. How horrid to trick you like that!!!!! If they had told you in the beginning when you indicated your wish {at their request] that you cant have a new phone til you are 18 you would not have been expecting this wish to be honoured. No matter if everyone has or hasnt got a phone -this is about two adults who have behaved very badly and set you up for disappointment. Wow that makes me ANGRY. Some people actually get pleasure from teasing but oh please not at Christmas when we are supposed to show our love and appreciation for others. I think you have every right to feel upset and I also think it would be beneficial to express your feelings about being set up for disappointment -without putting emphasis on the actual phone because this distracts from the issue and makes you look like the one who is behaving incorrectly. Sweetheart please consider that you may be in a dysfunctional family which does not have your best interests at heart .Your siblings are also only following the example set by your parents so perhaps your voicing the problem about how you are being treated will help them too.Best of luck and please be strong and assertive about your feelings. Love your parents but at the same time be willing to accept that they [like everyone]are not perfect and can learn to behave differently if necessary for the well being of the whole family. Another aspect to consider is that there appears to be an inequality or favouritism in this family and that is another no-no for parents .
What should I get my Jewish friend for Christmas?
Normally I would say: gifts are good. I would like money, a new car, opera tickets, even a very nice bottle of gin - there are lots of ways to make me happy around this time of year (Christmas). However. Please do think about your motives when giving Christmas gifts to Jewish friends. Example: My own sister has now for years and years used Christmas (and she converted to (and this is really hard for me to say) (can I say it?) Catholizism (don’t get me started))… anyway. My own sister uses the Christmas date to send me Christmas cards. With wishes for a merry Christmas, and absolute non-personal drivel, reads like a computerized old-fashioned card you’d send to customers of your company. She erects a stern wall that can’t be crossed with her impersonal “good” wishes for a festival I do not observe and always hated as a child. I do absolutely NOT expect her to honor any of my holidays or be thoughtful about my religion. But those “Christmas cards” are a passive aggressive (actually not so passive) way to stick a pin into my pink balloon of happiness and equilibrum of spirit. Have I told her? Yes. I have. For years. I call her every christmas day to actually wish her, her totally atheist husband (he’s Japanese) and her totally agnostic childen (one of whom lives with a Persian/Iranian Muslim) a happy holiday time, merry Xmas and whatnot - just as befits every one of them. I also point out that Hanukah has been nice/is nice depending on the year. She acts as if she didn’t hear me (I have no time to talk to you right now, there is soooo much to do). In general this doesn’t really matter. But she has broken off all normal social contact and acts as if I was basically dead, some annoying ghost to shoo away. Only the Christmas Card. That is the ONLY thing she will do to contact me over the years. And I have to say: I am not happy with it. So please check, whether you want to secretly signal your Jewish friend to blend-in-for-f@%!s-sake. If not: yay. Presents!!!!!
I'm going to meet my girlfriend after a long time. What should I gift her that can bring a smile on her face?
Hello ! This is my second answer on Quora and also on this Boyfriend and Girlfriend topic.I can give you a lot of guidelines on this topic as I am a lady myself.I also had a lot of boyfriends in the past but currently I have only one My boyfriends used to give me a lot of things frequently.I will tell you about the gifts that my boyfriend gave me.Gifts like this and this made me love him even more. He was a rich person so one day he even gave me this. I hadn’t expected it from him. With this gift our bond became even stronger. Then, expensive Roses and Flowers became regular gifts. We also went on a Date and a Candle Light Dinner.You can also go on a Date and a Candle Light Dinner with her when you meet her.So these were my guidelines on the topic “I'm going to meet my girlfriend after a long time. What should I gift her that can bring a smile on her face ? ”I hope that I could help you.Thank YouBye
How do I respond to a welcoming gift from a neighbor?
This was once a common custom - - you were supposed to bake something for new neighbors and it was most often a cake - but it's a custom that's fallen out of fashion. As you said, your neighbors are older and they're living by the standards of their youth 0r where they are from - some of the older customs live on in certain regions of the country. Assuming you already let them in and accepted their old-fashioned 'welcome to the neighborhood' baked goods, you could write an old-fashioned thank you note besides having said thank you - slip the note in their mailbox. It would be especially nice coming from you the younger generation and it's very nice to mention how delicious the cake was even if it wasn't. The custom didn't obligate new neighbors to do anything more than that.